As clinicians delivering health care, we are very good at treating disease but often not as
good at treating the person. The focus of our attention has been on the specific physical …

Depression is one of the most common comorbidities of many chronic medical diseases
including cancer and cardiovascular, metabolic, inflammatory and neurological disorders …

Cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of disease burden globally, which
underlies the continuing need to identify new complementary targets for prevention. Over the …

Depression is a highly prevalent risk factor for incident coronary heart disease (CHD) and for
cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with established CHD. Several biological …

The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive evidence review was conducted as the document was compiled through …

There is a bidirectional relationship between depression and chronic medical disorders. The
adverse health risk behaviors and psychobiological changes associated with depression …

Medication adherence usually refers to whether patients take their medications as
prescribed (eg, twice daily), as well as whether they continue to take a prescribed …

Depression is commonly present in patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) and is
independently associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Screening …

During the past two decades, research in the field of depression and cardiovascular
disorders has exploded. Multiple studies have demonstrated that depression is more …

Background Patients with myocardial infarction (MI) seldom reach recommended targets for
secondary prevention. This study evaluated a smartphone application (“app”) aimed at …